Sometimes the mind just brims over with ideas. Do you ever have trouble deciding what to focus on or what to pursue? I'm going to pursue as many as I can. One is the idea of a princess detective. I want to try to write a princess that isn't what most people think. I'm writing …
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Navigating New Seas
In case you have somehow escaped me telling you, I have found a publisher. This press is small and new and in the UK. Since it was a UK literary journal that published my first short story and the BBC is my favorite channel, a British publisher makes sense really. Don't you think? The name …
Surfacing
Do you have the secret to organization and balance? I know about lists. I even make lists. Where do the lists go? I think they drown in the sea of nonsense that is my desk. Anyone can make a list. Look. I'll make one right now. (in insignificant order and incomplete) finish organizing desk do …
String Theory Childhood
Have you heard the theory that there are countless parallel universes, that at particular moments in your life when one decision was made, another universe began with another you who lived the choice you didn't make. What moment in your childhood would change where you are now? Of course, perhaps it the small forgotten decision …
Moving to the Asylum
I can't get myself to close this blog all together. I might want to move back one day and I like the name. But how I feel about this space needs more than a theme change. It is called writing in the water and I've felt compelled to write only about writing. But I've got …
The Year of the Towel
Obviously, blogging isn't everything. I just turned 43 (The Year of the Towel come to an end without the answer to life, the universe, and everything...), and I didn't even blog about the day. I've lost my way. A long time ago I told true stories...but that well is empty. I came across this video …
Challenges in Creating Your Own Parallel Universe
Have you ever created a parallel universe? 'Tisn't easy. If a writer is famous, said writer will have things like interviews. You would click on Famous Writer's website, and there would be links to such interviews. Obviously, I can't actually link to The New York Times or some parallel universe equivalent. And a blog doesn't …
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I’m deluded and that’s okay. (I angst all night and I worry all day.)
On those American Idol tryouts you see those people who believe they can sing. They sing their best with all their dreams flung about for the world to see and then are told how awful they are. And they are awful. Perhaps you've laughed at their self-delusion. Perhaps you've cringed. Actually, I've never watched the …
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Crazy Writer Alert
So. Here's the thing. I've decided I'm a famous writer in a parallel universe. If this real world isn't going to read my work, then my world will. Right? Of course. Prove me wrong. So, I've got a new blog, Famous in Parallel Universe. You could subscribe or leave my parallel self a comment. Some …
Warning: Blog Pit–Watch Your Step
Once you start on your blog journey, there's pressure to travel that blog path forever. I mean, what is the destination anyway? For a while, I'm taking another path. Soon I'm going to start another blog--a writing blog with a sci-fi twist. A time-wimey twist in fact. Hmmm. This blog pit seems bigger on the …
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